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The Presidency and Historic Preservation Symposium - Morning Session
Our 2022 symposium, The Presidency and Historic Preservation, was a day-long event hosted by the White House Historical Association in partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. This symposium featured prominent scholars, historians, preservationists, and professionals who discussed preserving presidential sites; women in historic preservation; presidential sites of enslavement; and preservation of the White House. This video is the morning
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On Pre-Sale Now! The White House: An Historic Guide - 26th Edition
Today the White House Historical Association’s, The White House: An Historic Guide, is available for pre-sale at whitehousehistory.org. Since 1962, the White House’s celebrated spaces and rich history have been portrayed for the public in a continually updated guidebook, The White House: An Historic Guide. The guidebook marked the beginning of White House history as a unique field of s
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Available Now - The White House: An Historic Guide 26th Edition
Today the White House Historical Association releases a special 26th edition of The White House: An Historic Guide, which is available at whitehousehistory.org and offers an intimate room-by-room tour of the interior of the house, with new photographs and content. The release of this edition coincides with First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy’s birthday on July 28th and will feature ne
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History Happy Hour: Lou Henry Hoover - An Extraordinary Life of Adventure and Service
Lou Henry Hoover led an extraordinary life well before she became First Lady. She enjoyed everything from the outdoors, traveling the world, geology and mining, and she even served as Girl Scouts President two separate times. Join us for History Happy Hour on Thursday, August 18, to hear award-winning author, journalist, and independent scholar Annette Dunlap discuss the impressive life of
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Official White House Portraits of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama Presented
The White House Historical Association today presented the official portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama, painted by Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung, respectively. The portraits and the artists who painted them were introduced during a White House ceremony hosted by President Joseph Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden and attended by President and
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Unveiling of the Official White House Portraits of the Obamas
At a White House ceremony on September 7, 2022, the official White House portraits of former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama were unveiled, painted by Robert McCurdy and Sharon Sprung, respectively, and funded by the White House Historical Association. The event was hosted by President Joseph Biden and First Lady Jill Biden in the East Room. The White
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The White House Family Cookbook Written by Henry Haller with Virginia Aronson, New Edition Featuring a Foreword by Alex Prud’homme
Henry Haller joined the White House as executive chef in 1966 and he stayed on to cook for five administrations over two decades—becoming the longest-serving presidential chef in history. In 1987, Random House published THE WHITE HOUSE FAMILY COOKBOOK, Haller’s extraordinary behind-the-scenes look at daily life in the White House through the lens of how five first families dined privately and
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Annual Holiday Book Festival
Since 1962, the White House Historical Association has produced award-winning books on many subjects related to the history of the President's House—from its architecture, gardens, fine and decorative arts to the presidents and first ladies who lived there over the years. Our titles appeal to history buffs and art lovers, connoisseurs and curious amateurs, scholars and tourists, adults and children. We
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White House History 66: The First Ladies - Fifty Years of Fashion and Style, 1960-2010
Focusing on first ladies' fashion of the late-twentieth and early-twenty-first century, this issue features articles on the style of the Lady Bird Johnson, Nancy Reagan, Laura Bush, Michelle Obama, and Jacqueline Kennedy within the context of their life’s work and official roles. Also featured is a look at the work of celebrity hairstylist Jean Louis Mazéas and a beh
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First Ladies and Girl Scouts
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History Happy Hour: White House Holiday Decorating with the First Ladies
History Happy Hour hosted a live taping on Tuesday, December 6th at the Mayflower Hotel! Historian and designer Coleen Christian Burke shared anecdotes of her contributions to the 2008 White House holiday decorations and gave an overview of holiday décor since First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy. Join us on Thursday, December 22 at 5:30 p.m. to hear what Coleen had to say! H
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History Happy Hour: Entertaining at the White House - Decades of Presidential Traditions
Join us on Thursday, February 2, at our new time 6:00 pm ET to get an insider’s look into special occasions hosted by first families at the White House: from the Kennedys to the Trumps! Jennifer Pickens, provides details of these decadent events by sharing knowledge from her book “Entertaining at the White House: Decades of Presidential Traditions.” This unique historical accoun